Bcc#7

STADIUM

One night event, 9 March 2012

STADIUM is pleased to announce the exhibition event Bcc#7, curated by David Harper
and Karen Archey, to take place Friday, March 9, 2012 from 6-9pm.
The documentation and remnants of the event will be open as an exhibition
through Saturday, March 17.

“Bcc,” an acronym for “blind carbon
copy,” is an exhibition format originated inApril 2011 in
Berlin by Aurélia Defrance, Julie Grosche and Aude Pariset, in
which all materials exhibited must be digitally transferred and received. As
there havebeen recent, major
shifts in how we exchange information, oft using abbreviated
modes of communication, Bccseeks
to reflect this sentiment in medium and message.

For this iteration of Bcccoinciding
with the
2012 Armory Show, the curators have paired six European
and six New York-based artists to utilize the format and structures of social
networking and microblogging as the means of transmitting instructions for the
creation of six new, collaborative artworks. Each European artist’s
instructions have been transmitted through the social media of their choice, limited
by its predetermined parameters, and will be completed
by their
American counterpart. While these limitations may present a
challenge to some, others will find freedom through the reduction of dictation
to its smallest character count. Ultimately, and of the utmost importance, Bcc#7 seeks to foster
conversations between artists working in various international locales.